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The Role of Birds in World War Two - How Ornithology Helped to Win the War (Hardcover)
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The Role of Birds in World War Two - How Ornithology Helped to Win the War (Hardcover)
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A love of birds has always been an important part of the British
way of life but in wartime birds came into their own, helping to
define our national identity. One the most popular bird books ever,
Watching Birds, was published in 1940 while songs like There'll be
Bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover epitomized the blitz
spirit. Birds even featured in wartime propaganda movies like the
1941 classic The First of the Few starring Leslie Howard where they
inspired the design of the Spitfire. Along the coast flooding to
prevent a German invasion helped the avocet make a remarkable
return while the black redstart found an unlikely home in our
bombed-out buildings. As interesting as the birds were some of the
people who watched them. Matthew Rankin and Eric Duffey counted
seabirds while looking for U-boats. Tom Harrisson, the mastermind
behind Mass Observation, watched people 'as if they were birds'
while POW Guy Madoc wrote a truly unique book on Malayan birds,
typed on paper stolen from the Japanese commandant's office. For
Field Marshall Alan Brooke, Britain's top soldier, filming birds
was his way of coping with the continual demands of Winston
Churchill. In comparison Peter Scott was a wildfowler who was
roused by Adolf Hitler before the war but after serving with
distinction in the Royal Navy became one of the greatest
naturalists of his generation. With a foreword by Chris Packham CBE
The Role of Birds in World War Two is the story of how ornithology
helped to win the war.
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